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The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.
Songwriter Egbert Anson Van Alstyne dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA. His best-known songs included Pretty Baby, Navajo, That Old Girl Of Mine and Sailin' Away On The Henry Clay.
The musical comedy movie Rich, Young And Pretty, starring Jane Powell, Vic Damone and Wendell Corey, opens at cinemas in the USA.
Chris Cooper, drummer of English 90s shoegaze band Pale Saints, is born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Popular singer Dorothy Dandridge and her pianist Phil Moore open at The Cafe de Paris, London, UK.
Spike Jones And His City Slickers record Too Young in RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Willis Jackson And His Band record Harlem Nocturne, Street Scene, Froggy Bottom Jump and Wine-O-Wine for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.